Rape charges brought against Sterling residents

Two Sterling residents were arrested July 1 for alleged
involvement in a rape and indecent assault and battery case
against a female victim.

Jeffrey G. Turner, 38, was charged with indecent
assault and battery on a person 14 years or over and rape.
Christine M. Serrecchia, 33, was charged with two counts
of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years or over
and two counts of rape.

Both are listed as residents of 6 Albright Road.

The pair was bailed Saturday and arraigned in Clinton
District Court Tuesday.

Sterling Police Chief Gary Chamberland said the victim
came into the station saying she had been sexually assaulted.

She told police she had been at a Sterling restaurant and
left willingly with Turner and Serrecchia, and went to the
Sterling house, where the alleged assault took place.

“She was familiar with these two people,” Chamberland
said.

The victim reported the alleged assault immediately to
police, Chamberland said. She was taken to Leominster
Hospital for treatment.

Officer David Johnson, who’s handling the investigation,
received a search warrant from Clinton District Court
on Saturday and searched the Albright Road home with
Officer Craig Pomeroy and Officer Brian Bourque, where
they confiscated evidence.

Chamberland declined to comment on details about
what was removed from the house.